BEES signed off for a fortnight?s break by keeping their Elite League pot simmering at Foxhall Stadium last night.

A third consecutive victory allows them to suspend operations during next week?s Speedway World Cup in Poland waiting in the wings for title favourites Oxford to fluff their lines.

Ipswich, cruelly robbed of the services of both Scott Nicholls and Chris Louis, looked shell-shocked by the events of the past week, despite Peterborough?s Ryan Sullivan doing an admirable job to plug the gaps.

Bees, in contrast, hardly noticed the loss of the injured Billy Hamill, with Mark Loram and Nigel Sadler emerging as guest stars of the very highest order.

Before last night Peterborough were the only visiting team to win at Foxhall this season, having done so twice, and it was easy to see how as the three Panthers guests - Sullivan, Loram and Sadler - shared 33 of the 90 points on offer.

Bees took the match by the scruff of the neck when Sadler and Billy Janniro collected a dominant 5-1 in heat two, and they never once loosened their grip.

They were 12 in front after heat five - which was delayed by a manhole cover overflowing in the pits - and the only pocket of resistance was a brief one, Jeremy Doncaster and tactical substitute Craig Boyce claiming a 5-1 in heat eight.

Nine of the first 12 heat winners wore a Coventry race-jacket, but importantly Bees also harried and hustled for the minor placings.

Stuart Robson?s paid four was scant reward for his bold efforts, the Bees second-string coming from the back in all his four rides, notably so when he recovered from being hit by Sadler when falling in heat eight to twice pass persistent Pole Jarek Hampel in a great duel in heat 11.

Loram too worked hard for his paid 13, picking his way through first bend traffic to join Sadler on a 5-1 over Sullivan in heat four, expertly nicking irst place off Boyce on the line in heat six and then salvaging third off the Aussie in a blanket finish to heat 13.

Greg Hancock did his job laudably, and Andreas Jonsson was unlucky not to get a nominated ride in heat 15 after two sharp wins and two seconds.

Lee Richardson improved on a poor start by taking heat 12 from the tapes, and though Ipswich then provided the last three heat winners, the damage was already irreparable.

Whale Toyota Bees boss Colin Pratt said: ?Mark Loram and Nigel Sadler both did a great job, Andreas hit form again and the points of Stuart and Billy were vital points.

?Sometimes guests are a plus, and sometimes they aren?t. It?s the luck of the draw but we seem to have struck lucky with Nigel and he has played his part in all the last three wins.?